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Locomotion - Jacqueline Woodson
Locomotion
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When Lonnie Collins Motion was seven years old, his life changed forever. Now Lonnie is eleven and his life is about to change again. His teacher, Ms. Marcus, is showing him ways to put his jumbled feelings on paper. And suddenly, Lonnie has a whole new way to tell the world about his life, his... show more
When Lonnie Collins Motion was seven years old, his life changed forever. Now Lonnie is eleven and his life is about to change again. His teacher, Ms. Marcus, is showing him ways to put his jumbled feelings on paper. And suddenly, Lonnie has a whole new way to tell the world about his life, his friends, his little sister, Lili, and even his foster mom, Miss Edna, who started out crabby but isn’t so bad after all. Award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson’s lyrical voice captures Lonnie’s thoughtful perspectives of the world and his determination to one day put a family together again.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780142415528 (0142415529)
Publisher: Speak
Pages no: 128
Edition language: English
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danae
danae rated it
I read this one for school. It's a quick read. I liked it for the most part. It ends kind of abruptly. It's hard to really explain what i didn't like about that. It probably didn't help that i read the whole thing within a few hours. *Review written on September 7, 2014.*
Reading is my ESCAPE from Reality!
Reading is my ESCAPE from Reality! rated it
3.5 Touching, Poetic Story
I'm not really a loud kid, I swear. I'm just me and sometimes I maybe make a little bit of noise. If I was a grown-up maybe Miss Edna wouldn't always be telling me to be quiet but I'm eleven and maybe eleven's just noisy. Maybe twelve's quieter. - Chapter 1 I read this book as part of our po...
oanaread
oanaread rated it
5.0 Locomotion
this story, whose words, lines and verses are written freely, has moved and touched my heart in one sitting. my faith was strengthen even more. Locomotion gave me hope and reminded me how lucky I am with the life I am living and I should be thankful for that everyday. this work is really something. ...
afterwhat
afterwhat rated it
Lonnie Collins Motion lives in foster care. His parents died when he was seven, and he and his sister were passed around from church family to church family until they ran out of families. Then there were group homes, and finally, foster care. His little sister Lili has a new mother, a nice lady ...
debnance
debnance rated it
4.0 Locomotion
Lonnie Collins Motion (get it? Lo Co Motion) has a hard life. Both his parents were killed in a house fire and he and his sister have been sent to live separately with new parents. ...
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